William Ostroff
Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
FirstGlance Films
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Location:
Philadelphia
Industry:
Entertainment
Year Founded:
1996
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Growth (profitable)
Entity Type:
Not Incorporated
Description:
Started in 1996 as a hometown film festival to exhibit truly indie films to an audience. In 2011 FirstGlance celebrated it's 14th year in Philadelphia and 11th year in Hollywood and is currently planning on starting a third festival in Las Vegas. FirstGlance Films has created a niche market of young filmmakers and audience who applaud the festival for its mission of exhibiting, promoting and helping filmmakers find distribution. FirstGlance is embarking on a new venture to create the ultimate service for short and feature filmmakers; theatrical distribution, online streaming and other opportunities on mobile platforms.
With the convergence of many technologies, FirstGlance and it's partners will offer exhibition, distribution and in the near future, production of small independent films.